Progress in amorphous silicon tandem modules at Energy Photovoltaics, Inc.

K. W. Jansen; H. Volltrauer; A. Varvar; D. Jackson; B. Johnson; L. Chen; J. A.Anna Selvan; Y. M. Li; A. E. Delahoy

doi:10.1109/PVSC.2005.1488490

Progress in amorphous silicon tandem modules at Energy Photovoltaics, Inc.

K. W. Jansen, H. Volltrauer, A. Varvar, D. Jackson, B. Johnson, L. Chen, J. A.Anna Selvan, Y. M. Li, A. E. Delahoy

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Over the past two years, EPV has directed its manufacturing research efforts toward enhancing the productivity of its tandem amorphous silicon (a-Si) photovoltaic module process. One major area of focus has been on streamlining the process to reduce the amount of time and complexity to manufacture a module by eliminating or combining process steps. In addition, significant effort has been put into improving the performance of the standard a-Si tandem module. This work has identified and developed process changes that have lead to a -20% increase in module power, with the largest contributors being the implementation of a zinc oxide/aluminum back reflector and significant increases of active area. As a result of these productivity and process improvements, the direct manufacturing cost per watt of an EPV module in the New Jersey facility has decreased by over 27%.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Conference Record of the 31st IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference - 2005
Pages	1757-1760
Number of pages	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2005.1488490
State	Published - 2005
Externally published	Yes
Event	31st IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference - 2005 - Lake Buena Vista, FL, United States Duration: Jan 3 2005 → Jan 7 2005

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Name	Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference
ISSN (Print)	0160-8371

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Other	31st IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference - 2005
Country/Territory	United States
City	Lake Buena Vista, FL
Period	1/3/05 → 1/7/05

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Control and Systems Engineering
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Jansen, K. W., Volltrauer, H., Varvar, A., Jackson, D., Johnson, B., Chen, L., Selvan, J. A. A., Li, Y. M., & Delahoy, A. E. (2005). Progress in amorphous silicon tandem modules at Energy Photovoltaics, Inc. In Conference Record of the 31st IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference - 2005 (pp. 1757-1760). (Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference). https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2005.1488490

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Jansen, KW, Volltrauer, H, Varvar, A, Jackson, D, Johnson, B, Chen, L, Selvan, JAA, Li, YM & Delahoy, AE 2005, Progress in amorphous silicon tandem modules at Energy Photovoltaics, Inc. in Conference Record of the 31st IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference - 2005. Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, pp. 1757-1760, 31st IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference - 2005, Lake Buena Vista, FL, United States, 1/3/05. https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2005.1488490

Progress in amorphous silicon tandem modules at Energy Photovoltaics, Inc. / Jansen, K. W.; Volltrauer, H.; Varvar, A. et al.
Conference Record of the 31st IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference - 2005. 2005. p. 1757-1760 (Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

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